Talcum-powder box



H. R. COREY :TALCUM POWDER BOX Filed Dec. 17, 1921 Patented Get. 11, 1927.

UNITED enna;

JEFHGE.

HARRY R. COREY, OF BROOKLYN; N'EXV'YORK, ASSIGNOR T AMERICAN CAN GQMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CGBPORATION 0F NEW/JERSEY.

TALCUM-ZOWDER BOX.

Application filed. December 17, 1921.Seria1 No. 528,003.

This invention relates in general to sifter top containers, and has more particular reference to that type of container adapted for the packaging of-talcum powder and like material.

A principal object of the invention .is the provision of means for preventing leakage of the powder when the container is closed, it being understood that packages of this character are often placed in unusual positions and subjected to rough usage, when carried in ahandbag by a traveller.

A further object: of the invention is the provision of a talcum powdercanprovided with special means for preventing such leak age, while atthe same time being readily opened without the-removalof the cap.

A. still further object of theinvention is the provision of effective closing means ,in-

operations,-v the container thus being capable of economical product-ion as an article of manufacture.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a con tainer in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the cap;

Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the container top with the cap removed; and

Fig. 1 is an irregular vertical section through the top taken substantially on the line 4% of Fig. 3.

Upon the drawings, which illustrate the invention, I have shown a container body 11, which, in the present instance. is of oval form, a cover 12 secured to the body at 13 in any approved manner, and a sifter top generally indicated by the reference numeral 14. Said top comprises a neck 15 and a perforated upper part 16. Perforations 1'? are spaced about the outer part of the top and in the central part thereof is formed a raised portion 18 provided with radial grooves or channels 19 extending toward the perforations 17.

A cap 21 is adapted to frictionally engage the neck 15 and is rotatable thereon. Said cap is provided with central raised portion 22 adapted to overlie the raised portion of Cil volving very simple structure and formative the top and perforations23areprovided-in said portion 22 of the cap. .Downwa-rdly opening channels 24 extend outwardly from the portion 22 and over theperforated portion of theitop. Said top isiprovided with a stud 25 and in the outer part of the cap is a-segmental slot'26 adapted to reoeive said stud. It will be apparent that when tli-e'cap 18 so positioned that thechannels l9 and 24 are-in alignment a passage isestablished between the perforations 17-and 23 and that slight rotary movement of the cap willresult in misalignment-of the, channels and the cutting off of communication between said perforations;which, it. should be ob served, are never in registration.

Since theportion 22rcontacts with the part 18 of the top closely and throughout atonsiderablearea, it is manifest that aparticularly effective closure is ,thus provided, I and that leakage is prevented much. more eifectively than would be possible were the perforations of the top and the cap adapted to be brought into registration. Furthermore. a more even sprinkling of the powder may be accomplished than would occur with a direct openin I Referring again to the mode of operation, with particular reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings: when powder is to be dispensed the box is inverted and shaken. Thereupon powder will sift out and clownward through the holes 17 3) and along radial lines and inward for a short distance, along the channels 19 (Fig. 4) until the powder comes to the holes 23 (Fig. 2), whereupon it sifts entirely out of the b0); to the desired place of deposit.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the

form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A talcum powder box, comprising a body, a sifter top having perforations disposed about the outer part thereof and having a raised central portion provided'with radial channels, and a cap adapted to fit rotatably upon said top, said cap being pro- I sifter openings, a cap covering said top and also provided with sifter openings eccentric to the center of the top which correspond severally with the openings of the top and are permanently out of registration with the sifter openings of the top, said'top having means for bringing said two sets of sifter openings into and out of communication.

3. A talcum powder box, oomprising'a body, a sifter top provided with perforations spaced about the outer part thereof, and a cap rotatably secured upon said top and having perforations in the central part thereof, said top and said cap being provided with radial channels communicably connecting said outer perforations in the top and said central perforations in the cap.

4. A talcum powder box, comprising a body, a sifter top provided with outer perforations and a centrally disposed elevated portion having radial channels therein, and a cap having a centrally disposed elevated part overlying the elevated partof said top and having perforations therein, said cap 7 being provided WltlLChZtIlIlGlS extending outwardly from said elevated portion and forming, with the channels in said top, passages between the perforations in the top and those in the cap.

5. A can for talcum powder and the like, comprising a body, a sifter top provided with perforations and a raised imperforate part having radial channels extending toward the perforations in said top, and a cap having a perforated part overlying the imperforate part of said top, said cap being provided with channels extending from said perforated part to form, with the channels of said imperfora-te top part, a passage between the perforations of the top and the cap and being movable to closed position with said top and cap channels out of alignment.

6. A can for talcum powder and the like, comprising a body, a sifter top having outer perforations and a raised imper'forate part, and a cap having an inner perforated raised part fitting closely upon the raised part of the top, said top and cap being provided with grooves adapted to form a passage between the respective perforations thereof and said cap being adapted to be turned to out 01f communication between said grooves and thus tightly close the can.

HARRY R. COREY, 

